Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK media regulator will make it harder for under 18s to access pornography websites with stringent age checks that could include photo ID matching, facial age estimation technology and credit card checks.Ofcom on Thursday set out new rules that will compel adult websites to adopt robust age checks. Age assurance methods \u2014 which include age verification, age estimation or a combination of both \u2014 must be \u201chighly effective\u201d at correctly determining a child from an adult, the watchdog said, and can no longer include simply asking for a self-declaration of age.\u201cFor too long, many online services which allow porn and other harmful material have ignored the fact that children are accessing their services,\u201d said Melanie Dawes, Ofcom\u2019s chief executive. \u201cEither they don\u2019t ask or, when they do, the checks are minimal and easy to avoid.\u201dShe said adults would \u201cstart to notice a difference in how they access certain online services\u201d. Under the new rules, porn websites must start to introduce age checks immediately, while social media platforms that host pornography \u2014 such as X \u2014 and other types of content harmful to children will have to follow suit by July at the latest.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThose companies that fail to meet these new requirements can expect to face enforcement action from Ofcom,\u201d she added.\u00a0The move is the latest in the new rules being enforced under the UK\u2019s Online Safety Act, which more broadly seeks to crack down on illegal content online as well as tighten rules over what children can access.Research by the children\u2019s commissioner in 2023 found the average age at which children first encountered online pornography was 13, with 27 per cent coming across it at the age of 11.All web services within the scope of the rules must carry out a children\u2019s access assessment. Age-checking methods must be \u201ctechnically accurate, robust, reliable and fair\u201d to be considered highly effective, Ofcom said. These include open banking, photo ID matching, facial age estimation, mobile network operator age checks, credit card checks, digital identity services and email-based age estimation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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